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C 184 E Official Journal ISSN 1725-2423 Official Journal C 184 E of the European Union Volume 53 English edition Information and Notices 8 July 2010 Notice No Contents Page I Resolutions, recommendations and opinions RESOLUTIONS European Parliament 2009-2010 SESSION Sittings of 22 to 24 April 2009 The Minutes of this session have been published in OJ C 252 E, 22.10.2009. The texts adopted on 23 April 2009 concerning the discharge for the financial year 2007 have been published in OJ L 255, 26.9.2009. TEXTS ADOPTED Wednesday 22 April 2009 2010/C 184 E/01 Control of the budgetary implementation of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance European Parliament resolution of 22 April 2009 on control of the budgetary implementation of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) in 2007 (2008/2206(INI)) . 1 2010/C 184 E/02 Effective enforcement of judgments in the EU: the transparency of debtors’ assets European Parliament resolution of 22 April 2009 on the effective enforcement of judgments in the European Union: the transparency of debtors’ assets (2008/2233(INI)) . 7 2010/C 184 E/03 Annual report on the deliberations of the Petitions Committee 2008 European Parliament resolution of 22 April 2009 on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the year 2008 (2008/2301(INI)) . 12 2010/C 184 E/04 Gender mainstreaming in the work of committees and delegations European Parliament resolution of 22 April 2009 on gender mainstreaming in the work of its committees and delegations (2008/2245(INI)) . 18 2010/C 184 E/05 Interim Trade Agreement with Turkmenistan European Parliament resolution of 22 April 2009 on the Interim Trade Agreement with Turkmenistan . 20 EN (Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents (continued) Page 2010/C 184 E/06 A Common Immigration Policy for Europe European Parliament resolution of 22 April 2009 on a Common Immigration Policy for Europe: Principles, actions and tools (2008/2331(INI)) . 23 2010/C 184 E/07 Green Paper on the future of TEN-T European Parliament resolution of 22 April 2009 on the Green Paper on the future TEN-T policy (2008/2218(INI)) 35 Thursday 23 April 2009 2010/C 184 E/08 Deforestation and forest degradation European Parliament resolution of 23 April 2009 on addressing the challenges of deforestation and forest degra­ dation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss . 41 2010/C 184 E/09 Action plan on urban mobility European Parliament resolution of 23 April 2009 on an action plan on urban mobility (2008/2217(INI)) . 43 2010/C 184 E/10 The Intelligent Transport Systems Action Plan European Parliament resolution of 23 April 2009 on the Intelligent Transport Systems Action Plan (2008/2216(INI)) . 50 Friday 24 April 2009 2010/C 184 E/11 Women’s rights in Afghanistan European Parliament resolution on 24 April 2009 on women’s rights in Afghanistan . 57 2010/C 184 E/12 Support for the Special Court for Sierra Leone European Parliament resolution of 24 April 2009 on support for the Special Court for Sierra Leone . 60 2010/C 184 E/13 Humanitarian situation of Camp Ashraf residents European Parliament resolution of 24 April 2009 on the humanitarian situation of Camp Ashraf residents . 62 2010/C 184 E/14 Protection of the Communities’ financial interests ‒ Fight against fraud ‒ Annual report 2007 European Parliament resolution of 24 April 2009 on the protection of the Communities’ financial interests and the fight against fraud ‒ Annual report 2007 (2008/2242(INI)) . 63 2010/C 184 E/15 Parliamentary immunity in Poland European Parliament resolution of 24 April 2009 on parliamentary immunity in Poland (2008/2232(INI)) . 72 2010/C 184 E/16 Governance within the CFP European Parliament resolution of 24 April 2009 on Governance within the CFP: the European Parliament, the Regional Advisory Councils and other actors (2008/2223(INI)) . 75 EN (Continued on page 523) 8.7.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 184 E/1 Wednesday 22 April 2009 I (Resolutions, recommendations and opinions) RESOLUTIONS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Control of the budgetary implementation of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance P6_TA(2009)0237 European Parliament resolution of 22 April 2009 on control of the budgetary implementation of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) in 2007 (2008/2206(INI)) (2010/C 184 E/01) The European Parliament, — having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) ( 1), — having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 of 12 June 2007 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA) ( 2 ), — having regard to the Commission Communication of 8 November 2006 on the IPA Multi-Annual Indicative Financial Framework for 2008-2010 (COM(2006)0672), — having regard to the Commission Communication of 6 November 2007 on the IPA Multi-Annual Indicative Financial Framework for 2009-2011(COM(2007)0689), — having regard to the Commission’s 2007 Annual IPA Report of 15 December 2008 (COM(2008)0850 and SEC(2008)3026), — having regard to the Commission Communication of 5 November 2008 on Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2008-2009 and the accompanying 2008 Country Progress Reports (COM(2008)0674 accompanied by SEC(2008)2692 to SEC(2008)2699), — having regard to the Commission report of 22 July 2008 entitled ‘Protection of the Communities’ financial interests – Fight against fraud – Annual report 2007’ (COM(2008)0475, including SEC(2008)2300), ( 1 ) OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 82. ( 2 ) OJ L 170, 29.6.2007, p. 1. C 184 E/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 8.7.2010 Wednesday 22 April 2009 — having regard to the Commission’s annual report of 27 October 2008 on the Instrument for Structural Policy for Pre-accession (ISPA) 2007 (COM(2008)0671 and SEC(2008)2681), — having regard to the Commission’s 2007 annual report of 22 December 2008 on PHARE, Turkey Pre- Accession, CARDS and Transition Facility (COM(2008)0880 and SEC(2008)3075), — having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2007, together with the Agency’s replies ( 1 ), — having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ special report No 5/2007 on the Commission’s management of the CARDS programme, together with the Commission’s replies ( 2 ), — having regard to the 2007 Annual Activity Report of the Commission’s Director-General for Enlargement ( 3), — having regard to its previous resolutions on enlargement and, in particular, its resolution of 10 July 2008 on the Commission’s 2007 enlargement strategy paper ( 4 ), — having regard to its resolution of 10 April 2008 on Croatia’s 2007 progress report ( 5 ), — having regard to its resolution of 23 April 2008 on the 2007 Progress Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ( 6), — having regard to its resolution of 21 May 2008 on Turkey’s 2007 progress report ( 7 ), — having regard to its resolution of 13 January 2009 on Trade and Economic relations with the Western Balkans ( 8 ), — having regard to its resolution of 4 December 2008 on the situation of women in the Balkans ( 9 ), — having regard to the visit of a fact-finding delegation of its Committee on Budgetary Control to Kosovo ( 10 ) from 22 to 25 June 2008, and to the relevant mission report ( 11 ), — having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities ( 12 ), and in particular Article 53 thereof, and to its implementing rules, — having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure, — having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0181/2009), ( 1 ) OJ C 311, 5.12.2008, p. 42. ( 2 ) OJ C 285, 27.11.2007, p. 1. ( 3 ) 31.3.2008, http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/synthesis/aar/doc/elarg_aar.pdf. ( 4 ) Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0363. ( 5 ) Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0120. ( 6 ) Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0172. ( 7 ) Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0224. ( 8 ) Texts adopted, P6_TA(2009)0005. ( 9 ) Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0582. ( 10 ) Under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244(1999). ( 11 ) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/committees/publicationsCom.do?language=EN&body=CONT. ( 12 ) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. 8.7.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 184 E/3 Wednesday 22 April 2009 A. whereas the IPA is the new financial instrument that replaces the instruments and programmes for candidate and potential candidate countries, namely Phare, SAPARD, ISPA, pre-accession financial assistance for Turkey, and CARDS, and aims to streamline EU funds in a flexible way so as to tailor them to the specific needs and management capacity of those countries, B. whereas the IPA consists of the following five components covering priorities defined according to the needs of the beneficiary countries, namely: I. Transition Assistance and Institution Building, II. Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC), III. Regional Development, IV. Human Resources Development, V. Rural Development, C. whereas the IPA is a key factor for improving the quality of life of citizens, social standards, infra­ structure and regional and cross-border cooperation, and for promoting respect for human rights in candidate and potential candidate countries, D. whereas the purpose of parliamentary control over the implementation of the budget in the area of enlargement policy is not only to ensure that EU funds have been used in accordance with the governing provisions and with the policies of the EU, but also to assess whether they have been effectively allocated to the priorities identified in the strategy and progress reports for the beneficiary countries and whether they have achieved the desired results in view of common EU interests, E.
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